† voluntarlyadv.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Voluntarily.
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the mind > will > free will > [adverb]
freelyeOE
wilfullyc1000
by one's willOE
of oneselfOE
self-willesOE
of one's own willOE
willyOE
with one's willc1175
voluntarilyc1374
wilfulc1380
of one's own heada1393
willea1400
willilya1400
of (free) voluntyc1402
of or at one's (own) voluntyc1402
of one's own motion1419
of (also by, with) one's (own) goodwill?a1425
on one's own heada1425
of (also by, on, upon) one's own accorda1450
activelyc1454
willinglyc1475
voluntary1480
liberallya1500
of one's own swinge1548
voluntariously1550
voluntarlyc1568
for favour1574
at voluntary1585
of, out of, upon, or at (a person's) own voluntary1585
selfly1595
motu proprio1603
ultroneously1627
unimposedly1647
spontaneously1660
needlessly1710
unmechanically1764
c1568 Earl of Moray et al. in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 21 Sho..constituted me..Regent to his Grace;..and that voluntarlie.
1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 325 Frelie, voluntarlie, and with thair awin gude~will.
1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) p. xliv The saids ministers doe voluntarly expon..ane portion of Scriptur.
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 224 He [Ben Jonson]..voluntarly imprisoned himself with Chapman and Marston.
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